Chapter 6
"Okay, first let's set a few rules." said Michael. "Most importantly, don't hide too far from the site. The boundaries are the lake, and the beginning of the fir trees."
"Yeah, and no helping the slow!" laughed Marth, referring to Calvin.
"The fire pit is home free, and if you don't yell 'home free' and someone catches you, you're it." said Michael.
"Last person tagged is it." Nick added. "And try not to give your spot away."
"Alright." stated Calvin, "Now everybody pick a number between 1 and 100. The person closest to my number is it."
"Michael?" he said.
"Eighty-six" he replied. Calvin wrote that in the dirt with his sword.
After asking everyone, the dirt read this:
Michael-86
Roy-34
Nick-53
Eliwood-48
Marth-58
"Michael, you're it!" said Calvin. "My number was 88."
"Drat!" he yelled, "Oh well, I'm counting to 30, so you better hide fast!"
Michael closed his eyes, and began counting.
"ONE! TWO!..."
"Come on!" said Marth. They all ran quickly and quietly through the forest to find their designated hiding places "Wait up guys!" yelled Nick.
"Quiet!" said Roy from his left.
Eliwood fumbled over a branch and fell. When he got up, he was soon separated from the others.
"Great!" he said angrily.
He ran, looking around for a hiding spot. Then he saw a cave behind some young sapling trees.
"I hope no one finds me in there." He said to himself. He walked into the cool, dark cave.
"Ugh!" yelled Roy, "I have to find a hiding spot, and quick!" He could hear Michael counting.
"I don't have much time." He thought to himself.
He looked around for a place to hide, that's when he found a cave.
"Hmm…." He thought. He walked over to it and walked inside.
"I can't see!" Eliwood said. He felt the cave wall so that he knows where he was going. Suddenly, he tripped on something….and someone.
"OW!"
Eliwood got up, and tried to see who was there.
"Who's there?" he said.
"Eliwood!" the figure said back, "Is that you?"
"What the….?" Eliwood tried to focus on the figure. It turned out to be Roy.
"What are you doing here?" he asked.
"Same with you!" Roy answered back, "Hiding!"
Eliwood rested his back against the cool, cave wall. He sat down and sighed.
"Something wrong?" Roy asked.
"I didn't get much sleep last night." He said.
Roy didn't say anything.
Eliwood was just about to fall asleep, until he felt something crawl up his leg.
"Roy?" he asked nervously as its feet tickled his leg.
"Yeah?"
"Could you please…..tell me what is on my leg?"
"I don't know, I can't see." Roy said, "It's too dark!"
Eliwood got a closer look at it. His eyes widened.
"BAT!" he shouted. That startled Roy. He slammed his back against the cave wall.
"OW!" he shouted.
Eliwood shook the bat off. It turned out to be a baby bat. It crawled away from site. "I HATE bats!"
Roy brought his hand under his armor, clutched his chest and panted heavily.
"Eliwood, you almost gave me a heart-attack!" he yelled. "Don't do that again!"
"Sorry." he panted, "But you already know that I HATE BATS!"
"I KNOW!" Roy shouted, "I quit, this game is stupid, anyway!" He walked out of the cave, still panting.
Eliwood followed him out, but he was worried, "Are you ok?"
"Yeah." Roy said, "Just as soon as I calm down."
"Um...sorry about that."
The two headed back to the campsite.